GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |